Senior Security Engineer — Vulnerability & IR Lead

IDP Education Ltd; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

IDP Education Ltd in Melbourne is seeking a security professional who thrives on variety, enjoys solving complex problems, and can connect the dots across multiple security domains. This is an opportunity to strengthen and evolve our cyber security capabilities while supporting a global technology environment undergoing continuous transformation.

You’ll work across platform engineering, vulnerability management, security tooling, investigations, governance, cloud technologies, and operational

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience in security engineering, operations, or cyber security.
• Experience implementing and administering enterprise security platforms.
• Strong vulnerability management and remediation experience.
• Exposure to security investigations, incident response, or digital forensics.

Responsibilities

• Lead evaluation, implementation, and ongoing management of security technologies.
• Drive security tooling initiatives from vendor selection through proof-of-concept and deployment.
• Own and mature vulnerability management capabilities across the organisation.
• Review and optimise configurations of existing security platforms.
• Recommend and implement security standards, controls, and policy improvements.
• Support digital forensic investigations and incident response activities.
• Partner with technology and business leaders to manage risk and secure critical platforms.
• Contribute to security strategy, engineering standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Security engineering

Vulnerability management

Incident response

Threat intelligence

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Cloud security platforms

Job description

IDP Education Ltd in Melbourne is seeking a security professional who thrives on variety, enjoys solving complex problems, and can connect the dots across multiple security domains. This is an opportunity to strengthen and evolve our cyber security capabilities while supporting a global technology environment undergoing continuous transformation.

You’ll work across platform engineering, vulnerability management, security tooling, investigations, governance, cloud technologies, and operational